White
Buffalo Stone (Sacred Buffalo Stone, White Turquoise) is white with black
and brown inclusions. It is sometimes called "white turquoise" but by
definition turquoise contains copper (it is a copper aluminium phosphate), which
is what gives turquoise its characteristic blue color. Presence of iron will shift
the color toward green. Although White Buffalo Stone resembles turquoise in hardness
and will polish to a high shine like turquoise, it has no copper and no blue color,
so is technically not turquoise. As far as we know, White Buffalo Stone comes
from only one mine in Nevada, which is owned by the Otteson family. Howlite, a
softer more porous black and white stone is commonly passed off as White Buffalo
Stone (it is also dyed to resemble turquoise).